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getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 10:30
by sir thomas blanchard
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no not drugs
my friend, with his newish motorbike, won't risk salt and road grim so the winter for him means not riding effectively
but me, i get agitated and claustrophobic being stuck in, now retired so no commute, so i need that fix of a ride not withstanding that it is winter
it is a nuisance cleaning bikes and keeping the brakes free but there's that feeling of relaxation to bumble out for a little blast even if it is cold, wet and miserable
do you hibernate are you a year round biker?
Re: getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 10:44
by Monty
I ride more in the summer than the winter, but I only do around 3000 miles a year these days. I can go a few months without touching my bike, but not through choice. I'd be out on it every day if I had the time, and the weather. It rains a lot up here in sunny Buxton and I've got 4 young kids and an overstretched wife!
Re: getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 10:45
by Kwacky
ACF50 is your friend.
Too many bikers seem to think that road salt is only going to damage your bike for a few short weeks in winter. It does wash away but it takes a while for all of it to disappear. Rust probably spreads quicker when it's warmer. Today is cold and dry so there's no reason no to get out.
Re: getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 10:46
by Kwacky
Monty wrote: I've got 4 young kids and an overstretched wife!
You could have worded that to read slightly better
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Re: getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 10:47
by Cavetroll87
Kwacky wrote:ACF50 is your friend.
Too many bikers seem to think that road salt is only going to damage your bike for a few short weeks in winter. It does wash away but it takes a while for all of it to disappear. Rust probably spreads quicker when it's warmer. Today is cold and dry so there's no reason no to get out.
I thought exactly that so got her out today, glad I did too as traffic was terrible.
as for the OP Sir Thingy I ride when I feel like it, if I fancy a ride ill go, regardless of weather, although sometimes I may fancy a ride and look at a bike Ive just cleaned and think.....not today, cant be bothered to re wash it haha
Re: getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 10:48
by Monty
Kwacky wrote:Monty wrote: I've got 4 young kids and an overstretched wife!
You could have worded that to read slightly better
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How? I thought that was quite funny. (for me)
Re: getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 11:11
by sir thomas blanchard
today for example, i'm just going to have to get out for a ride even
though it is dull and overcast, thank goodness for heated grips.
i don't expect the lanes that i use will have much traffic this time of day except for the farm stuff that leaves mud everywhere
and at least the cafes won't have too many people in i wouldn't have thought. oh and horse riders will be about so can't go mad.
actually it's not just winter, i'd be stuck if i couldn't go for a bike ride, cars aren't the same they just don't have the thrill factor.
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Re: getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 11:53
by Monty
My favourite time to ride in the Peaks is mid-week in the summer after 7pm. The tarmac is warm, the kids are in bed, as are the coppers and the quarry lorries and caravans are off the road.
Re: getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 12:13
by kiwikrasher
Since my winter is drier and warmer than your summer a lot of the time, I’m an all year rider. But I don’t get out that often as most here know, I’m a fly in fly out worker and spent 3 week stints away, and when i’m back I have full custody of my kids bar one weekend. So my rides are limited to quick 1-2 hr mid week blasts if I find the time or a two up tour ride with the girlfriend in our kid free weekend.
Re: getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 12:15
by Cav
I used to commute year round and cleaning was just not done until all the salt was gone from the roads. If it ever did get a mid-winter clean it was always a full day cleaning getting everywhere I possible could and ensuring I had a can of ACF50, chain lube, polish and wax with me. I wouldn't clean it if I didn't have the protectants ready to reapply.
NOw I just don't use my bike.. it's had 14 months no use
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Re: getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 12:24
by Cav
As for my fix.. minimoto
Re: getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 13:02
by Cavetroll87
Cav wrote:As for my fix.. minimoto
you sure thats not whast buggering your knee up? squeezing yourself on one of them? I dont fit on a minimoto at all far too fat haha, would love to give pit bike racing a go
though
Re: getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 13:58
by Cav
Well to be fair, I haven't done it since about Feb and have only done it a handful of times. It hurts my ankles more than anything!
I do want to have a go on a pit bike!! should be much more comfortable and a little more skill required
Re: getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 14:41
by sir thomas blanchard
sorry about your knee cav
just come back, fantastic, farm smells and wood smoke, sought out a twisty route and kept the revs up to make the exhaust buzz, what a big kid i am.
only down side was that some old bag pushed in front at the benson cafe grr. just going out to wash the bike down
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Re: getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 14:44
by Cavetroll87
Cav wrote:Well to be fair, I haven't done it since about Feb and have only done it a handful of times. It hurts my ankles more than anything!
I do want to have a go on a pit bike!! should be much more comfortable and a little more skill required
Tankslap day out?? find a kart track that hires out pit bikes, all go crazy? racers (Pitty/Matty Laws etc) are either banned or have to carry a pillion for parity
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Re: getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 15:02
by Cav
Cavetroll87 wrote:Cav wrote:Well to be fair, I haven't done it since about Feb and have only done it a handful of times. It hurts my ankles more than anything!
I do want to have a go on a pit bike!! should be much more comfortable and a little more skill required
Tankslap day out?? find a kart track that hires out pit bikes, all go crazy? racers (Pitty/Matty Laws etc) are either banned or have to carry a pillion for parity
![Tongue Out :P](./images/smilies/emoticon-0110-tongueout.gif)
I'll go with that rule about the racers
Would be pretty cool in fairness but I have literally no money right now (living off my credit card) so will have to wait a couple of months haha
Re: getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 15:03
by Kwacky
sir thomas blanchard wrote:
only down side was that some old bag pushed in front at the benson cafe grr. just going out to wash the bike down
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Did you manage to get your cake of choice
though?
Re: getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 15:37
by sir thomas blanchard
Croissant yes - i hate these 'garden centre' type places that are a magnet for elderly bods (like me), she knew that she pushed in but pretended not to.
Re: getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 15:42
by Kwacky
You should have pushed her over then offered to help pick her up, whilst saying in a very loud voice "are you ok, did you have a fall? Oh dear".
Re: getting that fix
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 15:55
by sir thomas blanchard
nah - they would have ganged up and beat me down, she was amongst friends,
there was a moment of light relief though when two dogs went for each other,
why would you bring a dog into a cafe when you know it doesn't like other dogs?
the owners of the attacked dog were mortified and left.